31 - PERROT de SAINT-ANGEL (Gilbert-Bon). History, Customs, and Chronicle of a Small Town: Montluçon. Its Civil and Religious Institutions from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century...

PERROT de SAINT-ANGEL (Gilbert-Bon). History, Customs, and Chronicle of a Small Town: Montluçon. Its Civil and Religious Institutions from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century... Montluçon, Herbin, 1913, in-4; 309 pp. - 1 f. - 15 plates. Cherry-red half-basane, 5-ribbed spine, cover and spine preserved. (Modern binding). - A fine, fresh copy. Posthumous first edition, printed in a limited run of only 210 copies, all on Holland paper, numbered, published by Léonie Duchet, the author’s great-granddaughter. 15 separate engravings reproduce old prints and documents; illustrations within the text. The publisher took great care with this publication: the choice of paper, format, typography, initials, and ornamentation combine to create a magnificent volume. "Perrot de St.-Angel" is an essential work for the history of Montluçon as well as for the study of economic developments in the Bourbonnais region. (Not included in Saffroy).